The Ancient One Really Did Harm

Before long, all the contestants had finished drawing lots, and the match list was posted.

To Lei Kung's relief, Danny Rand and another K'un-Lun disciple, Davos, had not been matched against each other.

Davos was his biological son, codenamed Steel Serpent. He was Danny Rand's fellow disciple of the same generation, and his strength was equally impressive. The fact that he had stood out from a crowd of massively built mages was enough to prove his ability.

Lei Kung had originally hoped Danny Rand and Davos would both reach the finals, taking first and second place so K'un-Lun could thoroughly show off in front of Kamar-Taj.

But then Strange had appeared as an unexpected variable.

Lei Kung had to admit that this Strange did have some skill. He had the potential to become champion and could be called Danny Rand and Davos's most threatening opponent.

He could only hope the other Kamar-Taj mages would put up a decent fight. They did not need to defeat Strange, but they at least needed to wear him down badly.

As long as Strange did not enter the later rounds at full strength, Danny Rand and Davos's odds of winning would be much better.

Fortunately, Strange's first opponent was a rather capable Kamar-Taj mage named Wong.

Yes, Wong had entered the tournament too.

The other senior mages considered this sort of competition too public. Winning would not be remarkable, while losing would be embarrassing, so they had not come to participate in the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament.

But Wong did not mind.

The rewards were so generous that it would be foolish not to earn them.

So he signed up for the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament and successfully made it into the top eight.

Wong had also injected several doses